Former Lee Commissioner Tammy Hall's restitution hearing canceled

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- Former Lee County Commissioner Tammy Hall leaves the federal courthouse in downtown Fort Myers after her sentencing hearing on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Hall was sentenced to six months in prison for her misuse of campaign re-election funds to pay for her home mortgage and clothing.

A federal judge canceled the March 14 restitution hearing related to former Lee County Commissioner Tammy Hall's wire fraud case.

In an order filed Tuesday, Judge Sheri Polster Chappell said the hearing is no longer necessary because both the United States government and Hall's defense attorney have come to an agreement.

"The government has agreed that it no longer wishes to seek forfeiture money against Tammara Ann Hall, and is asking that the forfeiture money previously entered by the court be set aside," Polster Chappell's second order states.

Hall, 53, was convicted in October of wire fraud for pocketing $33,756 in donor contributions meant to go to her 2010 county commission re-election campaign.

She used the money to pay her personal bills, such as credit card statements that included shopping trips at high-end stores, according to court documents.

Hall brought a cashier's check for restitution to court when she was sentenced in January, and that covered the restitution amount in full, court document state.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Michelland and Eric C. Padrón, Hall's attorney, filed a joint motion Friday that broke down how much each of Hall's victims would get back. The U.S. Probation office computed the amounts, according to the joint motion.

A total of $33,694.25 will be distributed among Hall's victims, and the remaining $61.75 will be deposited into the Crime Victims Fund, according to court documents.